Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-23

! W nile the II porter was tQeIe Mrs
Grigsbv came TO the jail snd, on consul,
ing the attendant physician, II va
deemed prudent to refuse her sd
mittsnCe. Poor woman He
mental faculties, never strong
we're completely Frustrated end ne
re2s z SCENE. dethroued. She SEX ST
'eat.V aud alone ia the coErid0r, wrapped
III the forbidding privacy o. her Owl
ta.UEats. She rem2iret awhlle and ST
t-r fading she could not obtain admit
taEce eft
AT TIE SALOON.
At the saloon on Houston street the de
! ceased lay. Not ii state, not surrounded
/ Dy pomp and circumstance, notin funeral
robes Or solemn babiliments, bat ia his
sturdy working clothes, with his vel
worn nat jmprovised SIS & pillow thetpar.
italy raised his mead out Of the pool Of
clJtyed blood that had flowed from his
/ wound. His shirt had been opened ex
/ posing breast that looked like the per
! lection OF manhood and IN which was ?
! bullet-hOlc scared and powder burned,
! through which his mortal spirit had es-
capped. His hands were rudely bat gen
! tly tied across his breast with
. handkerchief, and the mystic pal
! lCr OF death had stolen the color from his
check and blanched his broad, intelligent
! brow. The undert9kers came and Gov
cred The body with their gloomy pail,
strapped the dTapeTy around MIN and car
ried out the remains, while the venerable
and heart broken father Witnessed the
proceedings with despair and hopeless
ness pictured upon his features. He
wrung his hands: paced up and down the
| floor in exquisite sgony, murmuring,
any son. my son! Has God taken you
from me? VIII you never speak TO me
again?n Thc sight of the grly-haircd old
man YVES enough TO move all hearts in
compassion for his loss.
THg JURY OF INQUEST.
As soon Us the tragedy had bec1 com
municated 10 Justice Smith, be had Jury
of inquest summoned, and after a view Of
the dead body OF Nike Haggerty hsd been
taken, an adjournment was had TO the
Justices cfce, where testimony of the
affair was tasca. Only two witnesses
were examined, who testified 10 nothing
not detailed above. The following is
their evidence:
James Woods: live in Fort Worth; ;
am at present in the saloon business;
knew Mike HaggertY in his life time;
saw him killed O-day; il was five or ten
minutes after - o'clock; he was billed in
the Unique saloon by pistol shot fired
oy Billie GrigsbY; ne only fired one snOt,
which struck Hageerty III the left side,
Just above the heart; he was shot with q
45-caliber Colts revolver and died in
stan'ly.
Msx Ludwig testified: I saw Billy
Grigsby shoot Mike HGggerty to-day, in
the Unique ssloCl; be died INSTANTLY;
ms was about ten minutes after -
O'Clock
This was al the evidence taken At the
inquest, and upon i the Jury returned the
following verdict:
awe, the jury, fad that Nike Hsg-
2erty came to his death in the city Of Fort
Worth, On the 22d day of June. 1887, IN
the Unique saloon, from the effects OF 6
pistol shot fred by w. 7. Grigsby."
An RYE WITNESS.
reliable and truthful gentleman, who
does not de ire 70 be connected or in any
manner mixed up with the case, said to g
reporter:
Twill tell you Just how the tragedy oc-
CURED end all about it, but keep my
name silent. l went into the saloon for
drink of beer. When entered
Grigsby was behind the bar A
gentleman who used to be connected
with THE GAZETTE was standing at the
end Of the ber. The bartender, Mr.
Woods, the negro porter and the prOprie-
for were all three behind the bar
Grigshy seemed TO be excited and under
the iDfuence OF liquor. He Was cuTsiug
about the manner in which q cork had
been placed in boJtie. Tears were run
ming down his checks and he was talking
n a half maud o, hElt excited tone. He
said: "Tm ashamed hof it, but
cant help IL. have more
troubles thar eny oEe, troubles that no
one out myself can know or understand"
The gentleman before mentioned re
quested him 10 20 home. He offered 60
90 win him ont GUgsby said impassiOn-
eddy: "Duu't say word 10 me!
don't want my best friend to speak TO me.
know you're say friend, but don't want
you 20 come near me or speak to me. |
su going nome myself il
csr get there. God knows whether
or not SHALL ever Ef'
;1ere. EGye troubles that the world
knows nothing 2ocut. Troubles that arr
ur5e&rs7ie. Prohibition don't bosher
me D-n prohibition. l went to the
tent preaching last night. The d-n
world don't know my troubles. / have
been trying 10 get drunk all the morning,
and don't want the best friend | have
on earth to speak to me or come near
ne"
He then called for his pistol, 45.cali-
Ger, and quart bottle Of whisky. Pacing
the pistol IN his pocket and taking the
bottle IN his hand he started out In front
of the Couater saying, "let them 6Trest
me if they want to for carrying pistol;
III pay he tine.n
When he reached the outside OF the
counter he asked THE GAzETTE'S inform
ant to have drink with him. The
gentleman joined through fear OF
incurring his dlspIessure, and iH liuger
ing over the glass Grigsby continued to
bewail his fate. II be had al enemy on
earth, he said, he did not know it. II was
true that he owed few debts, but every
man he owed was his friend and had faith
in his honor aud integrity. No man had
a right to utter aught against him. But
he had trouble that the world did not
know.
In the meantime several parties came
IN and tried to pacify him. The bar
keeper beseeched them TO 20 out
and leave him alone. Grigsby then went
pVpr and tonk his DngitiOD nv the Safp